Australian Hearing

Australian Hearing Logo horizontal BlueFormed in 1947 to help veterans from World War Two and children affected by the rubella epidemic of that decade, Australian Hearing has been meeting people’s hearing health needs for nearly 70 years. Australian Hearing has over 1,200 staff working towards the common goal of helping people improve the quality of their lives through better hearing health with university-qualified clinicians providing expert advice and quality care to people across 500+ locations.

They are the largest government-funded provider (through the Department of Health) of hearing services to the community, and sole provider to the following groups:

This is as well as being one of the largest provider of hearing services to seniors who are also pensioners.

They value evidence-based research to inform their practices and are supported by their research division: the world-renowned National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL). No other Australian hearing services organisation has an in-house research arm to guide every area of their practice www.nal.gov.au. Their mission is to create a positive impact that allows Australians the opportunity for a new lease on life. Relationships are improved, families are closer, children start school with excellent speech and language capabilities, seniors participate in activities they love.

For more information, please visit https://www.hearing.com.au.

Australian Hearing

Australian Hearing Logo horizontal BlueFormed in 1947 to help veterans from World War Two and children affected by the rubella epidemic of that decade, Australian Hearing has been meeting people’s hearing health needs for nearly 70 years. Australian Hearing has over 1,200 staff working towards the common goal of helping people improve the quality of their lives through better hearing health with university-qualified clinicians providing expert advice and quality care to people across 500+ locations.

They are the largest government-funded provider (through the Department of Health) of hearing services to the community, and sole provider to the following groups:

  • Children from birth to age 26 (over 21,000 in 2014)
  • Adults requiring high-level specialist services
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged over 50 years.

This is as well as being one of the largest provider of hearing services to seniors who are also pensioners.

They value evidence-based research to inform their practices and are supported by their research division: the world-renowned National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL). No other Australian hearing services organisation has an in-house research arm to guide every area of their practice www.nal.gov.au. Their mission is to create a positive impact that allows Australians the opportunity for a new lease on life. Relationships are improved, families are closer, children start school with excellent speech and language capabilities, seniors participate in activities they love.

For more information, please visit https://www.hearing.com.au.